60 phrases and reflections about abortion
For or against abortion? A very controversial question and difficult to answer, because each of us has our own belief system, but above all, rights that are worth fighting for, such as the termination of an early pregnancy. However, a miscarriage can affect a woman's mood if she wants to be a mother, for which are two very different situations that are experienced depending on the point of view and the situation of each woman.
- We recommend you read: "The 9 types of abortion: definition and causes of pregnancy termination"
Powerful quotes about abortion
The most important thing (whatever the case) is not to judge, but to understand. For this, we bring the best quotes that will make you reflect on abortion.
1. We are in favor of the legalization of abortion because Catholics also abort. (Marta Alanis)
Religion should not limit the right to abortion.
2. No woman wants an abortion the way she wants ice cream or a Porsche. (Frederica Mathewes-Verde)
Abortion is the last resort used.
3. If a mother can kill her own child in her own body, what reason is there for us not to kill each other! (Mother Teresa of Calcutta)
Strong opinion of Mother Teresa.
4. Equality before the law is equality before life, and that implies the legalization of abortion. (Nelly Minyersky)
There are many women who perish in clandestine abortion clinics.
5. Desperate situations are invoked to defend abortion, but what do we do to defend these situations... I ask please that we reflect very well so that our laws are not complicit in abuses that are going to be sneaky, hidden. (Úrsula Basset)
It is not just about abortion, but about ensuring the lives of all people as well.
6. God had the greatness of, together with creation, discovering enjoyment for man and woman... which is a fundamental human right. (Fernando "Pino" Solanas)
Sex has nothing to do with the abortion decision.
7. An abortion is 14 times less dangerous than a pregnancy and childbirth. If no wins, who wins? (Mario Sebastiani)
This can be a safe procedure if done correctly.
8. It is better not to discuss metaphysics to settle public questions. Abortion is a political issue, not a metaphysical one. (Darío Sztajnszrajber)
Abortion involves everyone.
9. She wants an abortion like an animal in a trap she wants to gnaw on her own leg, a woman seeking abortion is trying to escape a desperate situation by an act of violence and self-loss. (Frederica Mathewes-Verde)
Each woman or couple has their own reasons for an abortion.
10. I have come to realize that everyone who is in favor of abortion has already been born. (Ronald Reagan)
A little rhetorical this.
11. The same people who are against abortion today were against divorce. The rights that expand possibilities for people are health for the population. (Nelly Minyersky)
Each issue has its controversy depending on the time lived.
12. Article 19 of the National Constitution establishes the right to intimacy and privacy. The decision of the woman around him has been invoked. But this article has a limit, and it is damage to third parties. This is crucial, because if the conception of a human person occurs, a limit would be placed on that conception. (Maria Angelica Gelli)
When does an abortion go from being a right to an easy way out?
13. I know the woman who is admitted to... for a clandestine abortion. He has five children. This is what will continue to happen as long as we have no law. (Anabel Fernández Sagasti)
There are cases whereby it is necessary to legalize abortion.
14. The exercise of freedom cannot be left to good fortune or to a situation of privilege. That is why the rules have an obligation to protect rights. (Natalia Gherardi)
The laws must be equal for all.
15. It is not about abortion yes or abortion no. Abortion already exists. The only thing criminalization achieves is putting their lives and health at risk. (Mariana Carbajal)
The main objective is to protect the lives of women.
16. The rights of women do not conflict with the rights of their own children; the appearance of such conflict is a sign that something is wrong in society. When women have the sexual respect and job flexibility they need, they will no longer look to the bloody injustice of abortion as a substitute. (Frederica Mathewes-Verde)
Again, it is affirmed that it is not about the issue of abortion only, but about protecting the intimate rights of all.
17. Human life must be absolutely respected and protected from the moment of conception. (Pope Juan Pablo II)
From the first moment of conception, there is another life within the woman.
18. We expand the possibility of women's freedom to choose, we do not force anyone to do so. (Marta Alanis)
Each woman is free to choose whether or not she wishes to participate in an abortion.
19. The possibility that the National Congress approves a law that authorizes criminal abortion does not admit of doubts: rapists, drug traffickers and big swindlers are free. (Oscar Botta)
For some people, abortion is a crime that deserves its punishment.
20. If the law does not come out today, it will come out very soon because this green wave will not stop anyone. Senators: let's not be conservative. (Nancy González)
Many bet on abortion as a fundamental right of women.
21. Denial of access to safe abortion has been viewed as torture by the UN rapporteur against torture. (Andrea Berra)
Depriving a person of health is inhumane.
22. I will not stop until my daughter has the same rights as my youngest son. (Luciana Peker)
Let's break the inequalities.
23. Only half of the patients who go to an abortion clinic come out alive. (Unknown author)
Clandestine abortions are dangerous.
24. From the first moment of his existence, the human being must see his personal rights recognized, among which is the inviolable right of every innocent being to life. (Pope Juan Pablo II)
For religion, we exist from our conception.
25. From the constitutional point of view, there is no impediment to incorporating abortion by deadlines. (Andrés Gil Domínguez)
The abortion controversy has a moral undertone.
26. The only ones who are going to receive the death penalty are unborn children. The National Congress cannot arbitrate a debate to discuss when and how to kill innocent Argentines. (Oscar Botta)
Abortion seen as the worst of crimes.
27. I want to give a message to those on the street, to the girls (young people): beyond a vote, the struggles do not begin or end in a law. (María de los Ángeles Sacnun)
The fact that abortion becomes law does not prevent women from taking responsibility for their actions.
28. I am in favor of abortion, but it seems to me that abortion is a failure of the feminist creation. With every type of birth control available in the world, abortion is not something to be proud of. If you need an abortion, you have failed. (Tammy Bruce)
Abortion should be considered the last option available in an emergency.
29. If this project is rejected, they will carry on their backs for life the dead that the clandestine abortion industry produces from now on. (Muriel Santa Ana)
Taking this topic as a taboo, danger is promoted.
30. Abortion is inherently different from other medical procedures because there is no other procedure that involves the deliberate termination of a potential life. (Potter Stewart)
Another phrase that shows the opinion of abortion as a negative point.
31. Abortion is never a solution. (Pope Francisco)
There are situations where abortion is an answer.
32. The argument that the embryo is a person and is the subject of human rights has no basis in the international human rights system. (Gaston Chillier)
There are no laws where they say that an embryo is the same as a developed person.
33. Humanity begins with conception, so says the Human Rights Convention according to how Argentina interpreted it and other Latin American countries, I cannot say if this is a medical success or not, but for now it is the law that governs us. (Rodolfo Barra)
Could it be that an embryo is not a person?
34. We must stop underestimating women with the idea that they will rush to undergo such an intervention using this law as a contraceptive method. (Daniel Lovera)
An abortion is in no way a contraceptive method.
35. Every time someone says that he is against because he is with life, he excludes us all. (Claudia Piñeiro)
You are not an executioner if you support abortion.
36. I call on legislators to go down in history. Because when fundamental rights are granted to half the population, it can go down in history. (Nelly “Pila” Minyersky)
Without a doubt, the fight for abortion rights will go down in history.
37. Someone who should have been born is gone. (Anne Sexton)
We will never know what an unborn would have become.
38. No woman wants an abortion. Either you want to have a child, or you want to avoid pregnancy. (Unknown author)
An abortion is a choice when the means do not exist to give a quality of life to another person.
39. The impact of access to contraceptives plus access to safe abortions for comprehensive health has resulted in zero deaths from unsafe abortions since 2012 in Rosario. (Leonardo Caruana)
Now more than ever it is necessary to emphasize their use and their ease of obtaining them.
40. I am in favor of life, of the unborn but also of the aborting mother. From my experience, in these years accompanying mothers who have aborted, I have come to the conclusion of the sadness and despair that these women have in their lives. (Raquel García Bolton)
Women do not enjoy having a clandestine abortion.
41. The fact is prior to the law. If we did not feel the impact of the underground, we would not be discussing this. There are no abortions if there is a law, we need the law because there are abortions. (Pamela Verasay)
There is nothing safe in clandestine aborots.
42. The rules governing abortion are outdated and legally open to challenge. (Roberto Gargarella)
There is no law that can help mothers overcome the negative effects of an abortion.
43. Let us not allow the word life to be stolen from us, we are also in favor of life. (Claudia Piñeiro)
A life is not guaranteed only with its birth, but with having an ideal quality of upbringing.
44. A 1990 Gallup poll found that 77% of Americans surveyed said abortion was the taking of human life. I agree, and I think that taking the life of an innocent child is unfair. (Robert Casey)
Is abortion similar to murder?
45. It is not progressive to pretend to solve problems by eliminating a human life. (Pope Francisco)
Be that as it may, care must be taken with the permits and regulations on this matter.
46. The emphasis should not be on the right to abortion, but on the right to privacy and control of reproduction. (Ruth Ginsberg)
Each one must take responsibility for their reproductive control.
47. There is a real class difference that has divided women because for the middle and upper classes abortion is did with all the sanitary guarantees, and our women from the popular sectors paid with their lives for those decisions. (Dora Barrancos)
In particular, the lower classes have been affected by not having access to an abortion.
48. Although nominally abortion would not be destined to eliminate people with disabilities, we are facing a Indirect discrimination, since apparently neutral laws or practices negatively influence people with disability. (Nicolás Laferriere)
Why is it legal to end a pregnancy if the fetus has a disability, but the abortion is not?
49. The great changes in society are no longer with rubble and blood, they are women, young people, those who are not in any party structure. From society they are telling us which is the way and we come back, very back. (Alfredo Luenzo)
Now the fight is on reproductive and intimate rights.
50. Abortion is a social failure, we must all commit ourselves to women's rights. (Camila Duro)
More than approving abortion, one must have access to contraception and intimate health.
51. Doing safe abortions is pro-life. (Gabriela Luchetti)
If a woman is saved in an abortion, she may have the opportunity to become a mother in the future.
52. If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament. (Florynce R. Kennedy)
Opinion on abortion of the feminist lawyer.
53. It seems as clear as day to me that abortion is a crime. (Gandhi)
There are opinions on this subject that do not change.
54. Women today are condemned to go underground, to death, and to the consequences of unsafe abortion. Women die and that cannot continue to happen. (Luis Novaresio)
Women should have the option of having a safe abortion, whether they do so or not.
55. When I prepared this I reviewed the Hippocratic Oath, which says that human life will be respected above all else. For pediatricians who have been in contact with children since they are in the belly, life begins from conception. (Diego Montes de Oca)
Abortion is particularly difficult for those who were educated in caring for children.
56. Women abort. And they do so putting their lives at risk, without the support of the State, in unsafe conditions and in a clandestine setting that as legislators we cannot allow more. (Norma Durango)
Whatever happens, women will continue to have abortions. Clandestine or safe.
57. We have to make a comprehensive approach through reproductive health, education, because we have to reconcile the right to life with the sacred right of women. (Eduardo Menem)
The maximum resolution is sexual and reproductive education.
58. There are people who claim to be conscientious objectors in the morning in the public hospital and not in their private offices in the afternoons. (Sandra Vazquez)
An attack on those who are in favor of abortion.
59. The abolition of a woman's right to abortion, as long as she wants it, amounts to compulsory motherhood: a form of rape by the state. (Edward Abbey)
You can't force a woman to be a mother if she doesn't want to.
60. He didn't really know that there were two parts to the abortion issue. (Norma McCorvey)
Abortion is a decision that must be made according to the circumstances lived.